History Awesome / KingOfTheRing

** Undertaker and Mankind watched their match again in 2023. According to them now, Taker was telling Mick after the chokeslam to just go home, ''pleading to let it end'', and Mick ''insisted'' they get to the thumbtacks. Mick also confessed he's afraid of heights and was scared the whole time they spent up on the cage. His will was as indestructible as his body.

*** Undertaker and Mankind watched their match again in 2023. According to them now, Taker was telling Mick after the chokeslam to just go home, ''pleading to let it end'', and Mick ''insisted'' they get to the thumbtacks. Mick also confessed he's afraid of heights and was scared the whole time they spent up on the cage. His will was as indestructible as his body.

* Wrestling/MickFoley's career is filled with these, but one especially stands out: the Hell in the Cell match versus Wrestling/TheUndertaker at ''King Of The Ring 1998'' (which, for better or worse, set the bar incredibly high for [[GarbageWrestler Garbage Wrestlers]] to come). As per the planning of the match, Foley (then wrestling as Mankind) started the match climbing up onto the roof of the Cell, while a rather hesitant Undertaker followed; after a minute of fighting, Undertaker threw Mankind off the side of the Cell, with Mick falling sixteen feet onto the Doomed SpanishAnnouncersTable. For five minutes, replays of the stunt played as [=EMTs=] and trainers went to attend to Mick; Undertaker struggled to remain in character, and even Vince came out to see what happened. As Mick was being stretchered out, he stood up and ''literally'' ran to climb up the Cell again. Undertaker was legitimately shocked, but climbed back up as well (on a ''broken foot'') to continue the brawl. Then the unexpected happened: Undertaker chokeslammed Foley ''through the roof of the Cell and onto the ring below''; the chair that Foley was slammed onto followed suit, and did even more damage as it smashed into his face. According to all known sources (including Foley himself), '''that''' was unplanned (though some still believe that it was actually a worked spot, save for the chair). Mick chose to continue the match, which culminated with a dazed and confused Foley being slammed on thumbtacks. ''Twice.'' And Foley '''still''' managed to walk out rather than be carried on a stretcher.

*** Wrestling/JerryLawler was pretty good as well. When Foley went through the Cell, he responded with a matter-of-fact "That's it. He's dead." (Keep in mind that this was at the height of Lawler's shamlessly pro-heel style of commentary. Lawler -- who had repeatedly expressed disdain for Foley beforehand -- broke character briefly, legitimately believing that Foley had been seriously injured ... or worse.) When Foley actually got back up, Lawler cried out "This is a man who is unbelievably indestructible!".

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin had just defeated Wrestling/JakeRoberts in the final of the King of the Ring tournament, and as Roberts (then doing a born-again Christian schtick) walked to the back, Austin uttered words that have since become immortal, and considered to have launched both his career and the Attitude Era: "Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16... Austin 3:16 says 'I just whipped your ass!'"

** According to [=WrestlingGoneWrong.com=] (a website about all sorts of unplanned events happening during matches and shows), Foley was concussed and didn't remember anything after that fateful chokeslam. He regained consciousness after the match, and asked Undertaker if they actually used the thumbtacks. The story varies from place to place, but Undertaker told him, "Jesus Christ, Mick LOOK AT YOUR ARM!!!" which was still covered with tacks. Foley was still so out of it that he responded with "Yeah, but did we use the tacks?".

* Wrestling/BretHart sets the standard for ''King Of The Ring'' tournament wins that few have been able to match since. He had a trio of solid matches on his way to the big win, including a good opening contest with [[Wresting/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], a show-stealer with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect,]] and an excellent big man vs little man contest with Wrestling/BamBamBigelow. He also managed to win each one by pinfall, never using his patented Sharpshooter to finish.

* Wrestling/MickFoley's career is filled with these, but one especially stands out: the Hell in the Cell match versus TheUndertaker at ''King Of The Ring 1998'' (which, for better or worse, set the bar incredibly high for [[GarbageWrestler Garbage Wrestlers]] to come). As per the planning of the match, Foley (then wrestling as Mankind) started the match climbing up onto the roof of the Cell, while a rather hesitant Undertaker followed; after a minute of fighting, Undertaker threw Mankind off the side of the Cell, with Mick falling sixteen feet onto the Doomed SpanishAnnouncersTable. For five minutes, replays of the stunt played as [=EMTs=] and trainers went to attend to Mick; Undertaker struggled to remain in character, and even Vince came out to see what happened. As Mick was being stretchered out, he stood up and ''literally'' ran to climb up the Cell again. Undertaker was legitimately shocked, but climbed back up as well (on a ''broken foot'') to continue the brawl. Then the unexpected happened: Undertaker chokeslammed Foley ''through the roof of the Cell and onto the ring below''; the chair that Foley was slammed onto followed suit, and did even more damage as it smashed into his face. According to all known sources (including Foley himself), '''that''' was unplanned (though some still believe that it was actually a worked spot, save for the chair). Mick chose to continue the match, which culminated with a dazed and confused Foley being slammed on thumbtacks. ''Twice.'' And Foley '''still''' managed to walk out rather than be carried on a stretcher.

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin had just defeated Wrestling/JakeRoberts in the final of the King of the Ring tournament, and as Roberts (then doing a born-again Christian schtick) walked to the back, Austin uttered words that have since become immortal, and considered to have launched both his career and the Attitude Era: "You talk about your psalms, you talk about your John 3:16... well, Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!"

* Wrestling/OwenHart follows in his brother's footsteps to win the 1994 tournament, after taking down Wrestling/{{Tatanka}}, putting forth one of the shortest Match-Of-The-Year candidates ever with [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman The 1-2-3 Kid]], and then (with Jim Neidhart's assistance) toppling Razor Ramon in the finals. It was a catalyst of the biggest push of Owen Hart's career, and if his match with Bret didn't already make him a main-eventer, this cemented it.

!2001

'''Paul Heyman''': '''The WCW Champion has just attacked the WWF Champion!'''